Hertfordshire Probation Area - Community Payback

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Community Payback – get involved!

Community Payback is a tough and visible consequence for people who have committed a crime.

Offenders can be sentenced by the courts to carry out up to 300 hours unpaid work for the community and in Hertfordshire, more than 100,000 hours of Community Payback are completed every year by offenders on a community sentence.

This equates to approximately £500,000 of free labour (based on minimum wage) provided to local communities, as offenders pay back for the crimes they have committed.

Community Payback projects range from litter-removal to clearing dense undergrowth and environmental projects through repairing and redecorating community centres to removing graffiti. Offenders usually work as part of a team, monitored by a supervisor, and will work all day with short breaks, although there are some opportunities for individual placements.

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We want your ideas

If you have an idea for a Community Payback project, we want to hear it.

To be considered your project must meet the following criteria:

It must benefit the local community
It must not take paid work away from others
No one must make a profit from the work
It must be challenging and demanding
It must be worthwhile and constructive
Offenders must be seen to be putting something back into the community.

Hertfordshire Probation's Community Payback team will assess the project for suitability and for health and safety implications.

Once the work has been completed, a plaque will be displayed with the Community Payback logo, if appropriate. This will indicate where offenders have positively contributed to improving a neighbourhood.

Nominating a project

Anyone can nominate a project, so, if you are an individual, member of a club, community group, faith group or voluntary organisation and have a project that fits the criteria above, please use this suggestion form.

Or call 07974 014442 and ask for Community Payback.

Or you can email Community Payback Manager Bob Parkin with the following details:

About you and your organisation

Your name and orrganisation (if applicable)
Your address, including postcode
Your telepone number and email address.

The project

Project name
Location of project
A brief description of the work you want done
When you would like the work to start.

Please confirm that the project meets the following criteria:

It will benefit the local community
It will not take paid work away from others
No-one will make a profit from the work
It will be worthwhile and constructive
Offenders will be seen to be positively contributing to the local community.

Thank you for taking the time to do this. We aim to respond to you within 48 hours of receiving your email or phone call.

Offenders undertaking Community Payback